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Started a new grow Super Lemon Haze

Got my new tent in today. i also purchased a new AC infinity 6" 69 pro, and a CLW 550 UVB. I am going to hold off on the hydro. I just purchased a big bag of pro mix soil. lol and some grow pots. got some new beans in too from @B2ACG I got Mowie wowie and Acapulco gold.
 
Neueregel said:
did your set come with the pvc tubing? mine was just the green poles etc. i like how that looks.
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No I made it with 1/2” PVC. Let’s me keep the plants longer in the lowest zone until the 3x3 is ready. Usually have to top the plants once or twice before the 3x3 is finished flowering.
 
Neueregel said:
I got my light today. I am stoked to see how this does it's the CLW 550 UVB,
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Did you get a controller with it?
@Stoneyluv and @Bandit420 both have CLW 550 and may be of help to you with settings.
@Grump has CLW's big dog and is programming it with help from stoney.
 
yes i didn't know it didn't come with it, but when it came today i saw on box NO CONTROLLER included. i was like wtf. i was a little pissed as i spoke with reps at CLW and told them what i wanted and they didn't even try to up sell and ask if i needed a controller. lol one is on the way.
steamroller said:
Did you get a controller with it?
@Stoneyluv and @Bandit420 both have CLW 550 and may be of help to you with settings.
@Grump has CLW's big dog and is programming it with help from stoney.
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Neueregel said:
yes i didn't know it didn't come with it, but when it came today i saw on box NO CONTROLLER included. i was like wtf. i was a little pissed as i spoke with reps at CLW and told them what i wanted and they didn't even try to up sell and ask if i needed a controller. lol one is on the way.
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you're gonna like that light!! if you have any questions at all fire away...
 
Stoneyluv said:
you're gonna like that light!! if you have any questions at all fire away...
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I am so stoked to see what it can do. I will definitely ask questions lol. I do have 1 right now. I was watching the 550 UVB demo and the guy was saying that 1 UVB LIGHT covers 4x4 area at 3' height. My unit has 2 of the UVB lights on it, will that be too strong? I have 4x4 tent.
 
Neueregel said:
I am so stoked to see what it can do. I will definitely ask questions lol. I do have 1 right now. I was watching the 550 UVB demo and the guy was saying that 1 UVB LIGHT covers 4x4 area at 3' height. My unit has 2 of the UVB lights on it, will that be too strong? I have 4x4 tent.
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Not at all.
The UV are T5HO and most growers end up detaching them from the main light and hanging them independently to lower them down more onto the canopy.
They don't have much power or penetration since they're floro, however use caution and don't look at them very long while they're on and avoid prolonged exposure to your skin. I'd say the UV lamp by itself has a footprint around 1' wide x 2' long with a penetration depth of less than 1'.

The UV lights will need to be on a different timer since they don't connect to the 550 or it's controller.
Common timing schedules are run the UV starting at week 5 for 4 hours on the back end of a lights on period.

You can get a UV card for reptiles and kinda gauge what they're putting out for you then see it's not much

I ran 3 in this grow with them at a height around 25" above canopy at max power. These 3 lights covered a 40"x80" footprint

https://imgur.com/a/3x0fuKL

I didn't notice much if any effect the UV had on my garden with the exception of a mite infestation and the mites avoided the parts of plants closest to the UV.
After that grow I started using the CLW Spectramax light for 3 grows and now I'm running the 550s once again but with LED UV lamps to see if they work better than the CLW floro UV
 
Bandit420 said:
Not at all.
The UV are T5HO and most growers end up detaching them from the main light and hanging them independently to lower them down more onto the canopy.
They don't have much power or penetration since they're floro, however use caution and don't look at them very long while they're on and avoid prolonged exposure to your skin. I'd say the UV lamp by itself has a footprint around 1' wide x 2' long with a penetration depth of less than 1'.

The UV lights will need to be on a different timer since they don't connect to the 550 or it's controller.
Common timing schedules are run the UV starting at week 5 for 4 hours on the back end of a lights on period.

You can get a UV card for reptiles and kinda gauge what they're putting out for you then see it's not much

I ran 3 in this grow with them at a height around 25" above canopy at max power. These 3 lights covered a 40"x80" footprint

https://imgur.com/a/3x0fuKL

I didn't notice much if any effect the UV had on my garden with the exception of a mite infestation and the mites avoided the parts of plants closest to the UV.
After that grow I started using the CLW Spectramax light for 3 grows and now I'm running the 550s once again but with LED UV lamps to see if they work better than the CLW floro UV
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I appreciate the input. yeah i kinda wondered if i would need to detach them. CLW sent me some info and they told me a bunch of stuff too. i am sure like most things every strain tells a different story.
 
Bandit420 said:
Not at all.
The UV are T5HO and most growers end up detaching them from the main light and hanging them independently to lower them down more onto the canopy.
They don't have much power or penetration since they're floro, however use caution and don't look at them very long while they're on and avoid prolonged exposure to your skin. I'd say the UV lamp by itself has a footprint around 1' wide x 2' long with a penetration depth of less than 1'.

The UV lights will need to be on a different timer since they don't connect to the 550 or it's controller.
Common timing schedules are run the UV starting at week 5 for 4 hours on the back end of a lights on period.

You can get a UV card for reptiles and kinda gauge what they're putting out for you then see it's not much

I ran 3 in this grow with them at a height around 25" above canopy at max power. These 3 lights covered a 40"x80" footprint

https://imgur.com/a/3x0fuKL

I didn't notice much if any effect the UV had on my garden with the exception of a mite infestation and the mites avoided the parts of plants closest to the UV.
After that grow I started using the CLW Spectramax light for 3 grows and now I'm running the 550s once again but with LED UV lamps to see if they work better than the CLW floro UV
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with the SS 550 UVB can you grow in an open area like what you have there? at least it's appears to be open
 
GrumpAzz said:
That shelf in there is really cool, man. 👌
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Hey Grump do you know what the factory setting is for the RWB on the SS 550 UVB settings? my controller isn't here yet.
 
Neueregel said:
yeah there is actually a lining for that part to block off that 12" section. i left it out as i want to scrog and have access to that side if i need too.
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I leave the deviding panel in so can grow next Gen clones or seedlings while I flower. I just made a table for my SCROG net.

If you do put the panel in make sure you use silver duct tape to help hold it in place and stop light leeks. The Velcro will fail and sag over time otherwise.
 
Neueregel said:
Hey Grump do you know what the factory setting is for the RWB on the SS 550 UVB settings? my controller isn't here yet.
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Yeah. According to the manual, when used in the "always on" setting, it's maxed out at 99:99:99.
 
GrumpAzz said:
Yeah. According to the manual, when used in the "always on" setting, it's maxed out at 99:99:99.
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i've looked at everything they sent me and i couldn't find factory settings. thanks
 
Neueregel said:
I found this online.
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those numbers are a bit conservative in my opinion. i keep ss550s about 18-24" above a canopy just to get led spectrum blend then use the controller to back down the intensity if needed.

to germinate i start at around 10% once heads are up and open i bump up to 30% and usually raise it 10% each week providing growth is healthy. once at cotton tops if i'm not at 100% yet i will crank it up.
 
Stoneyluv said:
those numbers are a bit conservative in my opinion. i keep ss550s about 18-24" above a canopy just to get led spectrum blend then use the controller to back down the intensity if needed.

to germinate i start at around 10% once heads are up and open i bump up to 30% and usually raise it 10% each week providing growth is healthy. once at cotton tops if i'm not at 100% yet i will crank it up.
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thanks. i am using my HLG 100 light on them now, as my controller hasn't arrived yet.
 
here's my fish tank loved to watch my fishes. we have 3 tanks. 55 gallon, 20 Gallon and a 10 gallon.
 

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anyone think this would be a good investment in saving on the electric bill. can also come in handy when you're out camping etc..

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Neueregel said:
anyone think this would be a good investment in saving on the electric bill. can also come in handy when you're out camping etc..

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I have been looking at those. Not that particular brand but yes one would be very handy especially camping.
 
Neueregel said:
anyone think this would be a good investment in saving on the electric bill. can also come in handy when you're out camping etc..

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Going to need a lot more than one solar panel to do much with it.
I was looking at doing that for my shed, but the number of panels to offset lights and air movement would require multiple panels. If I wanted to supply AC, it was a lot more panels.

I still want to do it, but the efficiency of these systems seems to be improving rapidly.
Might actually be worth while waiting a year or two!
 
TomH said:
Going to need a lot more than one solar panel to do much with it.
I was looking at doing that for my shed, but the number of panels to offset lights and air movement would require multiple panels. If I wanted to supply AC, it was a lot more panels.

I still want to do it, but the efficiency of these systems seems to be improving rapidly.
Might actually be worth while waiting a year or two!
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yeah i was looking at this more thoroughly and noticed it isn't that big of a scale for servicing the entire house, it's more for camping. i am also looking at the whole roof type system, and the one i was looking at was costly.
 
week 4 day 3 plant on left has been slowly getting there. I planted these both in new solo cups with the same pro mix soil and they are doing different things. hopefully i got it figured out. i also germinated 1 more SLH and 2 mowie wowie 1 has a nice tail and the other hasn't done anything yet so letting go another day and hopefully it will get a tail.
 

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